as in uncomfortable
lacking social grace and assurance
his loud talking at the opera marked him as gauche and uncultured
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Recent Examples of gauche
Another newspaper innovation introduced by Nicholson was a society column, which was seen by some in the city as gauche and bordering on scandalous.
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NOLA.com, 24 Jan. 2018
However, purists view purchasing king cakes before Jan. 6 as a demonstration of gauche impatience.
—NOLA.com, 5 Jan. 2018
Today, mass production and an abundance of cheap knockoffs have rendered conspicuous consumption unremarkable at best and gauche at worst.
—J.c. Pan, New Republic, 1 Aug. 2017
Old money, historically, has been stereotyped as having a Brahmin disdain for such a gauche topic.
—Paul Sullivan, New York Times, 19 May 2017
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NOLA.com, 24 Jan. 2018
However, purists view purchasing king cakes before Jan. 6 as a demonstration of gauche impatience.
—NOLA.com, 5 Jan. 2018
Today, mass production and an abundance of cheap knockoffs have rendered conspicuous consumption unremarkable at best and gauche at worst.
—J.c. Pan, New Republic, 1 Aug. 2017
Old money, historically, has been stereotyped as having a Brahmin disdain for such a gauche topic.
—Paul Sullivan, New York Times, 19 May 2017
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gauche
Adjective
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Commenters pointed out that such a request was highly inappropriate and could have put the driver in an uncomfortable or even dangerous situation.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
17 Feb. 2025
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Living there was an uncomfortable experience for Petito, her friend Rose Davis says in the series.—
Barry Levitt,
TIME,
17 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Comfortable familiarity and an awkward desire to escape co-exist like the two quotes at the start, both true in incongruous harmony.—
David Opie,
IndieWire,
18 Feb. 2025
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Where some toiletry bags end up having an awkward shape that won’t easily fit into your luggage, these are the opposite.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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What starts with a clumsy confession that threatened to derail their relationship altogether, ends with Mark and Helly closer than ever.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
21 Feb. 2025
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Take a deep breath because these claims form just one part of a clumsy web of viral content, in which Ronaldo, Messi and their children are part of the collateral.—
Adam Crafton,
The Athletic,
19 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The resolution is seeking $4.5 trillion in tax breaks and $2 trillion in spending cuts over the next 10 years, measures that have met opposition from Democrats and made some Republicans uneasy.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
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In my conversations with barbecue people, there was often uneasy tension about whether craft barbecue is something new or a return to an old way of doing things.—
Rachel Monroe,
The New Yorker,
22 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Your fame sits beside you like an incubus, and people are embarrassed and want to leave the room.—
Candace Bushnell,
Vogue,
23 Feb. 2025
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She’s come a long way from the teen who was embarrassed to wear a stocking on her head, Campion says.—
Eliana Dockterman,
TIME,
20 Feb. 2025
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“Gauche.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gauche. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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